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China Rocket 'Fake-Off'  -  27 Sep 2008
Sky News,The report on Xinhua's website said the ship had been successfully tracked over the Pacific Ocean, and even included exchanges between the three astronauts

'Car sleepers' the new US homeless  -  27 Sep 2008
BBC News,Of course there's a hefty price tag: nestled between the gentle Santa Ynez mountains and the inviting Pacific Ocean are multi-million dollar homes.

PayPal founder's dream: SpaceX tries for fourth time to put ...  -  27 Sep 2008
San Jose Mercury News,Valley icon will be riding atop thousands of pounds of liquid oxygen and kerosene in the body of a rocket sitting on a pad on a Pacific Ocean atoll.

Learned this week  -  27 Sep 2008
Vancouver Sun,An international team of earth scientists report movement of warmed sea water through the flat, Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica.

Bush to extend Pacific protection  -  27 Sep 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,WASHINGTON - President Bush wants to extend environmental protections to more of the Pacific Ocean. He said yesterday that he had asked the secretaries of

Four children die as bus, trucks collide  -  27 Sep 2008
Boston Globe,...(AP) President Bush wants to extend environmental protections to more of the Pacific Ocean. Bush said yesterday that he has asked the secretaries of the

Per avere un'idea di come si ottiene, qui c'è una lista delle ...  -  27 Sep 2008
Il Sole 24 Ore,Saltwater for the aquariums will be piped in from the Pacific Ocean. Nitrate wastes will be purified with natural systems, ensuring that aquarium water can

High over Albuquerque  -  27 Sep 2008
Vancouver Sun,The balloon bombs, which floated across the Pacific Ocean, were designed to wreak havoc in the United States and Canada. About 1000 were estimated to have

Young Hills fisherman reels in big catch  -  27 Sep 2008
Mirror,6 in the Pacific Ocean. Tomski reeled in a 165-pound blue marlin measuring nearly 10 feet in length. It was the only fish anyone in the Tomski family caught

Palm Ave. receiving west-end makeover  -  27 Sep 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,...“We've opened up the views to the Pacific Ocean, our biggest asset, by taking out the trees. It's going to look great.� One project, the $1.5 million Old

Climate change threatens international peace, Pacific Island ...  -  27 Sep 2008
UN News CentreDeveloping States Unit to be strengthened so that it can help countries, such as those in the Pacific Ocean facing rising sea levels, with special needs.

Bush wants to expand marine protections in Pacific  -  Sep 26, 2008
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush wants to extend environmental protections to more of the Pacific Ocean. Bush said Friday he has asked the secretaries of

In barren patch of ocean, hope for life  -  Sep 26, 2008
MSNBCBy Andrea Thompson An area of the Pacific Ocean once thought to be cold and barren is warmer than scientists thought, a new study finds.

Big dry caused by lack of low-pressure systems  -  Sep 26, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,He has linked this shift to the interdecadal Pacific oscillation - a fluctuation in sea-surface temperatures across the Pacific Ocean that occurs every 20

China cooks up flight of fancy  -  Sep 26, 2008
Melbourne Herald Sun,Thursday's report said the Shenzhou capsule, only China's third mission into space, had been successfully tracked flying over the Pacific Ocean,

Dennis Wilson makes waves with the reissue of his stunning ...  -  Sep 25, 2008
Ventura County Star,Sony/Legacy Rolling Stone calls the reissue of Dennis Wilson's "Pacific Ocean Blue" a testament to his "talent and torment." Courtesy of Dean O. Torrence

Plastic ocean: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch  -  Sep 24, 2008
BlueFlipper Diving,Unfortunately, he was awake at the time, and 800 miles north of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. It happened on August 3, 1997, a lovely day, at least in the

Pacific Ocean mineral rush heats up  -  Sep 19, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,By MICHAEL FIELD - The Dominion Post | Saturday, 20 September 2008 A race for almost legendary deposits of gold and copper in waters around New Zealand and

Another New Typhoon Forms in the Western Pacific: Jangmi  -  Sep 25, 2008
NASA,Typhoon Jangmi formed in the same vicinity of the western Pacific Ocean as its predecessor, Typhoon Hagupit, which has since dissipated.

Russia to launch rockets in the North Pacific  -  Sep 13, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,RUSSIAN submarines armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles will test-fire their rockets in the north Pacific Ocean between September 15 and 20.

CWB poised to issue alert for Jangmi  -  Sep 26, 2008
Taipei Times,The bureau said that Jangmi was guided by high air pressure from the Pacific Ocean and had not slowed since it formed. However, the bureau said it may start

Follow Jules Verne's last journey on the ESA website  -  Sep 26, 2008
European Space Agency,The deorbit boosts will send the 13.5-tonne spacecraft on a steep flight path initiating the controlled destructive re-entry high above the Pacific Ocean.

Rower well on her way to crossing Pacific alone  -  Sep 1, 2008
The Associated Press...in Honolulu early Monday, completing the initial leg of her journey as she tries to become the first woman to row alone across the Pacific Ocean.

Fact Sheet: Protecting Our Oceans  -  Sep 26, 2008
Whitehouse.gov (press release),The areas include several remote islands and atolls, including surrounding marine waters in the Pacific Ocean. These areas are home to objects of historic

Aquarium of the Pacific Art Winners Will Be On Display At The ...  -  Sep 23, 2008
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,...a nonprofit institution with a mission to “instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the Pacific Ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

UK Ministry of Defence: Global warming goes on, deniers are deluded  -  Sep 25, 2008
Grist Magazine,These natural fluctuations include the El Niño Southern Oscillations (ENSO) in the Pacific Ocean. In El Niño years -- those when cold surface water is not

Test Tubes Go Surfing  -  Sep 26, 2008
LiveScience.com,The boogie-board reactor has "allowed us to tap the Pacific Ocean as an immense heat sink for the dissipation of the excess thermal energy discharged from

World's strongest hurricanes could be getting stronger  -  Sep 3, 2008
USA TodayAll of the world's tropical basins showed this pattern, with the exception of the South Pacific Ocean. Also, there was no noticeable uptick in the intensity

A review of the album 'Pacific Ocean Blue' by Dennis Wilson  -  Sep 20, 2008
CLUAS.com,Review Snapshot: Dennis Wilson was the handsome Beach Boy - he had the musical smarts but they were sidelined till 1977 with the release of "Pacific Ocean

Duo sails the Pacific Ocean on junk raft  -  Aug 28, 2008
KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG,The purpose of their journey was to bring to the surface the problem that's been plaguing the Pacific Ocean. "Get rid of single used plastic items.

Warm water flow indicates life on barren ocean floor  -  Sep 23, 2008
Thaindian.com,Washington, Sep 23 (IANS) The passage of warm sea water through the flat, Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica indicates possible marine life in a part of the

SOUTHERN AFRICA: "Sunny and dry" is an unwelcome forecast  -  Sep 26, 2008
WOW,La Niña is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, recorded every three to four years,

Pacific Ocean 'a garbage dump'  -  Sep 3, 2008
NEWS.com.au,By Alan Howe SAILOR Charles Moore first encountered the North Pacific Garbage Dump in 1997, returning home to Los Angeles from Hawaii.

UNCW Baseball: Aloha, Hatcher  -  Sep 26, 2008
StarNewsOnline.com,..."I live about a block from the ocean,'' he said Friday afternoon on his cell phone, which he said actually receives better reception in the Pacific Ocean

Japan researchers capture eels of Northern Marianas  -  Sep 24, 2008
Radio Australia,The Fisheries Agency and the Fisheries Research Agency says four adult eels have been captured off the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Nature Almanac: It's peak time to observe annual migration of birds  -  Sep 25, 2008
Marin Independent-Journal,Red-necked phalaropes are common here now, but by November they all will have headed out into the Pacific Ocean to spend the winter. hawks are pouring down

Today In History  -  Sep 24, 2008
Daily Times,1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached what would be known as the Pacific Ocean. 1959 Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister of Sri Lanka is

Melodie Mooz; Dog Rescuer, Gardener  -  Sep 25, 2008
Palisadian-Post,...“Throughout our lives together,� her husband said, “Melodie often said that she would live anywhere as long as it was close to the Pacific Ocean.

Navy hospital ship Mercy set to return tomorrow  -  Sep 24, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,9 am tomorrow after completing its third extended humanitarian mission to the western Pacific Ocean in four years, Navy officials announced Monday.

Hawaiian Scientists Take Their Test Tubes Surfing  -  Sep 22, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The glorious sunshine and the Pacific Ocean provide the perfect conditions for Robert Liu and colleagues' photochemical reactions, which use the sun's rays

Island nation president plans for extinction  -  Sep 25, 2008
Harvard University Gazette,Kiribati is made up of 33 islands that straddle the equator in the vast South Pacific Ocean. Most of Kiribati’s islands are coral atolls — low,

Complex Ocean Behavior Studied With 'Artificial Upwelling'  -  Sep 4, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii that lack the nitrogen and phosphorous necessary

James siblings outfish their parents on the Coquille  -  Sep 26, 2008
NRToday.com,PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES — Rockfish daily bag limit has returned to six fish and is open to the 40-fathom line. Sport anglers may still retain two lingcod

Cocaine-toting sub busted in Pacific Ocean  -  Sep 17, 2008
Tico Times,By Nick Wilkinson The US warship USS McInerney intercepted a 22-meter long semi-submersible vessel in the Pacific last Saturday, seizing six tons of cocaine

High seas race is not for sissies  -  Sep 25, 2008
Seattle Post IntelligencerThen comes a brutal, 40-day crossing of the Pacific Ocean to Cape Horn and up to Rio de Janeiro. The one North American stop will be in Boston before

Golf Course Review - Trump National Golf Club (Los Angeles)  -  Sep 9, 2008
Kansas City Star,One of the greatest course architects of our time builds a golf course on the Pacific Ocean and you buy the course and want to plow it and start over?

Japan Lowers Storm Alert as Sinlaku Heads to Pacific (Update1)  -  Sep 19, 2008
BloombergAgency removed weather warnings for Tokyo and surrounding areas as tropical storm Sinlaku continued its path away from Japan into the Pacific Ocean.

Asia-Pacific-Weather  -  Sep 20, 2008
eTaiwan News,Meanwhile, a low pressure system over Japan will move gradually eastward out into the Pacific Ocean as the day progresses, bringing drier weather by

Tropical Storm Kyle Could Strike Maine  -  Sep 26, 2008
Daily GreenHurricane Genevieve formed in the Pacific Ocean, more than 580 miles off the coast of Mexico, on July 25, 2008. The fourth hurricane in the eastern Pacific,

Ocean preserve: Bush plan recognized a need to protect  -  Sep 8, 2008
Houston Chronicle,Happily, Bush does deserves great compliments for a plan he has devised to protect several huge swaths of pristine Pacific ocean within US jurisdiction.

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